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Jim Funnell
Studied performance and jazz composition at Berklee College of Music (Boston). In the United States, he has performed and recorded as a sideman with David Fiuczynski’s KiF (eastern-exotica-western-exstatica!) and a quartet lead by trumpeter Tiger Okoshi. Now based in Paris and London, he leads his own trio, Word Out, and co-leads a new Afro-jazz-funk project, AfuriKo, with percussionist Akiko Horii. Jim also collaborates with British reggae-electro musician Flox, and is active as a composer, arranger, and freelance educator.
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”La subtilité mélodique du pianiste Jim Funnell [...] laisse présager d'un avenir
des plus lumineux.” Version en ligne de Jazz Magazine
”Jim Funnell’s electric keyboard solo builds masterfully from a motive first introduced by Fuze into a kaleidoscope of shifting block chordal progressions.” Thomas R. Erdmann, jazzreview.com
”Jim Funnell executed a hugely energized solo on organ during “The Heathen” causing wild shouts of approval from the crowd.” Lucie Wicker, BostonLive.net Concert Review
”Jim Funnell’s electric keyboard solo builds masterfully from a motive first introduced by Fuze into a kaleidoscope of shifting block chordal progressions.” Thomas R. Erdmann, jazzreview.com
”Jim Funnell executed a hugely energized solo on organ during “The Heathen” causing wild shouts of approval from the crowd.” Lucie Wicker, BostonLive.net Concert Review
Primary Instrument
Piano
Location
Paris
Willing to teach
Beginners
Credentials/Background
2007 - present
• freelance private instruction (piano, improvisation, music theory/composition, guitar)
2008 - 2009
• jazz piano and ensemble teacher, Conservatoire
Municipal de Musique et de Danse (Mennecy, France)
2007 - 2008
• piano teacher (jazz and classical), Institut de Culture
Musicale (Paris, France)
Clinic/Workshop Information
2009
• jazz piano masterclass, Koyo Conservatory (Kobe, Japan)
• jazz masterclass (rhythm section), Euro Institute for Music and
Arts (Hamrun, Malta)
2008
• improvisation workshop, Conservatoire Municipal de Musique et
de Danse (Mennecy, France)
2007
• "Stylistic Interpretation" and "Musical Improvisation" workshops,
Unidad Académica de Música de la UAZ (Zacatecas, México) &
Escuela de Música aRtes Revueltas (Cholula, México)
• jazz piano masterclass, Foxborough High School (Foxborough,
MA, USA)
2006
• "Basic Musical Improvisation" workshop, Unidad Académica de
Música de la UAZ (Zacatecas, México)
• latin music workshop, Booker T
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